Planning precedent report

The proposed development includes the construction of: 6 no. Stage buildings (buildings 1,2,3,11,13 &14) ranging in height between c. 20m and c. 23 m and comprising 11 no. Internal sound stages with overhead catwalks and 2-storey ancillary production offices including office space, plant and switch rooms, toilets, ICT rooms, staff toilets and showers and rooftop plant (totalling c. 35,187 sq. m); 4 no. workshops (buildings 15,16,17 &18) ranging in height between c. 9m and c. 10.5 m and comprising internal workshop areas, staff toilets and showers, ICT, plant and switch rooms(totalling c. 18,244 sq. m); TV studio and reception (building 4) comprising 3 no. TV studios (c. 17.8m height) and various supporting spaces across 3 floors including backstage shooting area, green rooms, hair and makeup rooms, production suites with ancillary offices, wardrobe, laundry room, Technical support offices, vision dept, lighting dept, pro service, run and crew kit room, chief engineer office, studio manager office, scenic store, props store, cameras and grip room, lighting and electrical room, plant room, sound control rooms, vision rooms, recording rooms and toilets at ground floor level; standard dressing rooms, tv post production spaces, kitchen and crew area, toilets, mechanical/electrical room, technical offices, media store at first floor level; star dressing rooms, tv post production, lounge and kitchen and toilets at second floor level; Single storey reception building to include guest holding areas, VIP and Guest service, security offices, staff toilets, showers and locker rooms (c. 10,875sq. m); 2-storey Dining Hall with ancillary 100 seat theatre (building 6) comprising indoor and outdoor dining areas, kitchen, storage and mechanical rooms, toilets and 3 no. meeting rooms at ground floor level; office space and covered outdoor balconies at First floor level (c. 4,351sq. m) Standalone café (building 5) (c. 96 sq. m) 3 no. single storey production suites (buildings 7,8 & 9) comprising offices, conference room, kitchenette, communal areas and toilets (totalling c. 795 sq. m); 3-storey car parking deck (building 19) (c. 14,782.sq.m) to include 438 no car parking spaces ( including 100 no. EV and 27 no. disabled) with ancillary offices (building 20) (c. 4,307sq.m) refuse recycling area and rooftop plant; and Outdoor stage area associated with the TV Studio and Reception Building; Site landscaping to include: an amenity walkway and biodiversity area along the northern boundary of the site; public realm and planting areas in the vicinity of TV Studio and Reception Building and production suite offices; green roofs; and boundary treatments. Hard standing to include backlot area (c. 14,160 sq.m) and 'shooting lanes' (c.18,900 sq.m) to facilitate outdoor filming; Electrical Substation (c 236 sq. m); primary and secondary gate houses (buildings 10 & 12) (c. 19 sq. m each) The proposed development will include the provision of 516 no. surface car parking spaces (including 96no. EV, 13 no. disabled and 13 no. EV / disabled ); Basecamp area to provide 36 no. Large Vehicle parking spaces & 3 no. bus parking spaces to front of reception building as well as provision of Bicycle parking to include 274 no. covered spaces and 96 no. external spaces. Additional works to include removal of existing wall and vegetation at south western boundary; provision of bin store adjacent to the proposed backlot area and additional waste storage area adjacent to proposed dining hall; proposed pump station; rooftop PV panels (Buildings 17 & 18);rooftop plant; Building signage; LED video screen on eastern elevation of TV studio and reception building; public lighting; drainage and services provision; boundary treatments (including security fencing); piped site wide services; pedestrian and cycle links and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation. The primary proposed vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian entrance from the newly constructed Grange Castle West Access Road will be located at the eastern boundary of the site with a secondary vehicular access at the southeastern corner of the site.

The proposals will comprise of amendments to Unit 7 (K78 V6TY) constructed under Reg. Ref.: SD23A/0301 (as amended by Reg. Ref.: SD24A/0224W and SD25A/0011W). The proposed amendments will consist of: • Change of use from logistics/warehousing to logistics/warehousing/light - industry to accommodate a manufacturing use; • Reconfiguration of the layout of the unit resulting a slight increase in the total GFA from 12,650 sqm to 13,333 sqm. The warehouse floor area of the unit will decrease from 11,509 sqm GFA to 10,652 sqm of manufacturing floor area for the new use and the associated office space will increase from 994 sqm to 2,518 sqm; • Amendments to the elevations to accommodate the changes to the layout of the unit; • Provision of a canopy at the entrance of the building on the southern elevation and a new outdoor terrace (c. 110 sqm) to the south of the unit; • Reconfiguration of the car parking spaces to the south of the unit and provision of a new overflow car parking area to the west of the service yard; • A total of 213 no. car parking space will be provided to serve the development; • New entrance to overflow car park from internal link road to the south; • Provision of 10 no. van spaces to the south west corner of the service yard; • Installation of a containerised generator within the service yard area; • Provision of new tenant signage on south elevation: • Relocation of existing signage on the south elevation to the east elevation; • Provision of carpark totem to overflow parking; • Provision of additional PV panels at roof level and; • All associated site development works and landscaping works

The proposed development will consist of: Reconfiguration of the layout of Unit 5 resulting a slight decrease in the total GFA from 13,348 sqm to 12,650 sqm. The warehouse floor area of the unit will increase from 11,137 sq.m to 11,509 sq.m GFA and the associated office space will decrease from 1,689 sq.m to 994 sq.m; Reconfiguration of the service yard area including: Decreasing the service yard area to the north and west of the Unit 5 building; Relocation/reconfiguration of the service yard entrance; Omission of the permitted outbuildings in the service yard; Provision of updated landscaping with attenuation pond to the north of the building and service yard; Amendments to the western elevation to accommodate the changes to the layout of the unit; Reconfiguration of the bicycle parking area resulting in a reduction from 70 no. spaces to 64 no. spaces; Omission of the permitted tenant signage to Unit 5 and; All associated site development works.

Extensions to the rear and side of the existing single storey bungalow house. The existing house consists of 3 bedrooms and measures 59.3sq.m.The proposed extended house will have 5 bedrooms and will measure 149.2sq.m. The application will include a new site entrance, storage area, a new septic tank, polishing filter and all new service connections ancillary to the development.

A new single storey three bedroom end of terrace house measuring 96.8m2; an extension of 15.5m2 to the rear of the existing terrace house adjacent to the proposed new house; the subdivision of the property into two separate residential sites; two new waste water treatment plants with soil polishing filters to the rear of both houses; a new vehicular entrance for the new house and all new service connections ancillary to the development.

Relocation of the existing entrance door and provision of an open porch to the front elevation. Demolition of an existing single storey extension and construction of new single storey extension to the rear. Replacement of the existing septic tank with a new secondary waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated ancillary site development works above and below ground.